> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 189](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33212231) of TL-2 Vol. VI > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/10469-1) LSID 10469-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3343826) QID Q3343826 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Taylor, Norman (1883-1967), British-born American botanist and botanical explorer; to U.S.A. 1889; studied at Cornell University 1900-1902; with Zoological Park, New York 1903-1904; with New York Botanical Garden 1904-1911; curator at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 1911-1929; director Cinchona Prod. Inst. 1937-1950. **Abbreviated name**: *N. Tayl.* \[standard form in IPNI: *N.Taylor*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection NY|NY]]; material at [[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.), [[Collection BKL|BKL]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection NY|NY]]. – *Correspondence* at [[Collection NY|NY]]; field notes [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection US|US]]. – Other *letters* at [[Collection G|G]]. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 3: 364 (b. 18 Mai 1883); BL 1: 91, 201, 203, 321; BM 5: 2079; Bossert p. 395; Hirsch p. 296; Hortus 3: 1205; IH 2: (files) and p. 580; Lenley p. 401-408 \[sic\]; NW p. 59; PH 450; Plesch p. 423; TL-2/781, 791, 5665; Tucker 2: xxxvii, 3: 304; Urban-Berl. p. 402; Zander ed. 10, p. 723, ed. 11, p. 825 (d. 9 Nov 1967). #### Biofile - Anon., Amer. men sci. eds. 2-9, 1910-1955; Gard. Chron. Amer. 53: 9. 1949 (portr.); Index Amer. bot. lit. 1886-1966, 4: 325-326. 1969; The New York Times 9 Nov 1967, p. 47; Who's who Amer. 20-35, 1938-1969; Who was who Amer. 5: 714. 1973. - Chardon, C.E., Natural. Amer. Lat. 1: 199-201, *pl. 15*. 1949. - Frodin, D.G., Guide standard floras world no. 143. 1984. - House, H.H., New York State Museum Bull. 328, 1942 (bibl., Bot. New York State, many entries). - Pennell, F.W., Bartonia 22: 27. 1943. - Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 303, 320. 1937, 4: 82, 258. 1938. - Zanoni, T.A., Moscosoa 3: 62-82. 1984 (expeditions T. on Española). #### Composite works - (1) NAF, *Zannichelliaceae* (17(1): 13-27), *Zosteraceae* (17(1): 29-30), *Cymodoceaceae* (17(1): 31-32), *Naiadaceae* (17(1): 33-35), *Lilaeaceae* (17(1): 37), all 30 Jun 1909. - (2) Editor, F.S., Mathews, *Field Book Amer. wild fl*. ed. 4, 1955, see TL-2/5665. - (3) Editor, *Torreya* 1911-1921. - (4) Associate editor, *Ecology* 1920-1929. #### Note Outside our period: *Plant drugs that changed the world*, London (George Allen & Unwin Ltd.) \[1966\]. *Copy*: G. ### Publications ##### n.13.811. On the origin and present distribution of the pine-barrens **Title** *On the origin and present distribution of the pine-barrens* of New Jersey... Reprinted ... from Torreya... 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 4 Oct 1912, cover-t.p., p. 229-242. *Copy*: NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Torreya 12: 229-242. 1912. – Contr. 4 Brooklyn Bot. Gard. ##### n.13.812. Flora of the vicinity of New York **Title** *Flora of the vicinity of New York* a contribution to plant geography... Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden... 1915. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. vicin. New York*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 30 Jan 1915, p. \[i\]-vi, map, 1-683. *Copies*: BR, HH, MICH, MO, NY, PH, US; IDC 7627. – Issued as Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 5, 1915. – Critical review: M.L. Fernald, Rhodora 17: 62-70. 1915. *Endemism in the flora of the vicinity of New York*: Torreya 16: \[18\]-27. Jan 1916, reprint with cover-t.p., p. \[18\]-27. Brooklyn, N.Y. Jan 1926. *Copies*: BR, NY. – Also issued as Contr. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 12. *Ref*.: Nichols, G.E., Torreya 15: 74-80. 12 Jun 1915. ##### n.13.813. Endemism in the Bahama flora **Title** *Endemism in the Bahama flora*... Reprinted... from Annals of Botany... 1921. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: Oct 1921, cover-t.p., p. \[523\]-532. *Copies*: B, H. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Bot. 35: \[523\]-532. Oct 1921. Also issued as Contr. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. 25. ##### n.13.814. Botany **Title** *Botany* the science of plant life... New York and London (Harper & Brothers ...) 1922. 16-mo. **Abbreviated title**: *Botany*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1922 (p. 4: 20 Oct 1920), frontisp., \[1\]-384, *20 pl. Copy*: MICH. ##### n.13.815. The vegetation of Long Island **Title** *The vegetation of Long Island*... Brooklyn, N.Y. (Brooklyn Botanic Garden Memoirs) 1923. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 10 Jun 1927, p. \[i\]-iii, 1-151. *Copies*: NY, PH. – Brooklyn Bot. Gard. Mem. 3. 1927. ##### n.13.816. The vegetation of the Allegany State Park **Title** *The vegetation of the Allegany State Park*... Albany (The University of the State of New York) 1928. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Veg. Allegany St. Park*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1928, p. \[1\]-126. *Copies*: H, HH, MO, NY. – New York State Museum Handbook 5. *Other issue*: 1928, p. \[i\], \[1\]-126. *Copy*: BR. – Contr. Brooklyn Bot. Gard. no. 54; Handbook with extra t.p. ##### n.13.817. A guide to the wild flowers **Title** *A guide to the wild flowers* east of the Mississippi and North of Virginia... New York (Greenberg, publisher) \[1928\]. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *Guide wild fl.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1928 (J. NYBG Dec 1928; Torreya 28 Jun 1928), p. \[i\]-x, 1-357. *Copies*: HH, NY, USDA. *Ref*.: Hastings, G.T., Torreya 28: 57-58. 28 Jun 1928 (rev.). ##### n.13.818. The garden dictionary **Title** *The garden dictionary* an encyclopaedia of practical horticulture garden management and landscape design... Boston and New York (Houghton Mifflin Company...) 1936. **Abbreviated title**: *Gard. dict.* **Notes** *Ed*. \[*1*\]: 1936, frontisp., p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-vii, \[viii\], \[1\]-888, *22 pl. Copies*: BR, NY(2). *Other printing*: 1938 (n.v.); 1942, frontisp., p. \[i\*-ii\*\], \[i\]-viii, \[1\]-890, *18 pl. Copy*: NY. *Ed. 2*: 1948, p \[i\]-xi, \[xii\], \[1, h.t.\], \[1\]-1225, map. *Copy*: NY. –."Taylor's Encyclopaedia of gardening horticulture and landscape design..." Second edition, revised and enlarged..." Boston (The American Guild,... Houghton Mifflin Company) \[1948\]. *Ed. 4*: 1961, p. \[i\]-xiv, \[1\]-1329. *Copy*: NY. – Id.